Days 3 and 7 this week are “Off” days, and this “3-On / 1-Off” schedule seems to suit me. I feel reasonably recovered after yesterday’s Off time. This morning at the Academy, we had about fifteen people for the 6:00am class, and Eric designed the workout in “Happy Hour” or “Pick Your Poison” style in…
Marathon Week 2, Day 2
Well, there they were waiting for us: nasty 800m repeats – six of them, with two minutes of recovery time between runs. My target time was 3:03 for each of them, and I kept all of my runs below that, but I know I did not have many (any?) more of them left in me…
Marathon Week 2, Day 1
Tommie showed up for CrossFit at the Academy this morning, so he and I pushed each other through rounds of the following: Small-Block Loop 20 Dumbell Snatches (Right) 20 Dumbell Snatches (Left) 40 Sit-Ups 40 Jumping Pull-Ups Tommie, Jack, and I completed four rounds apiece in the time Ryan allotted us. Time to get ready…
Marathon Week 1, Day 7
After yesterday’s Off day, we wrapped up the first week of marathon training with a 6-mile run on an out-and-back course that Eric planned for us. Trish, Eric, and I stuck together on the outbound leg, keeping close to our assigned 7:25-per-mile pace, and then on the uphill return Trish and I put a little…
Marathon Week 1, Day 5
Training for today was the Friday night CrossFit workout at the Academy, which took me 33:41 to complete (nowhere close to Eric’s 29:49). Lots of people got to struggle through this one today, and Vanessa recorded everyone’s performances. Saturday is a Rest Day.
Marathon Week 1, Day 4 – New and Improved
I joined the runners at the middle school this evening to put in proper work on my speed set. The correct target time for 400m was 1:30. My splits: 1:25 1:21 1:25 1:24 1:25 1:24 1:24 1:23 That was much more of a workout! I think I am going to have to do all of…
Marathon Week 1, Day 4
After taking Wednesday as an Off-Day, I met Amy this morning at the Academy for speed work. 8 X 400m with 90 seconds of recovery between each (Target time was 1:44 each. But see Note #2 below.) 1:40 1:38 1:40 1:39 1:37 1:40 1:37 1:37 Consistent, yes, and ahead of the targeted time. The mid-tempo…
CrossFit Marathon Training
Today in marathon training is supposed to be a rest day and tomorrow a CrossFit/Bootcamp day, but I switched the two and joined the 6:00am “Derringer” workout. We had a BIG crowd today! Good news: I did not get sent home after I kicked Donna in the head. That’s a crime just to kick her,…
Day 1: Figure Out Pace
I know how to set a good pace for myself for any race up to 10km, but today’s training called for one mile at an easy pace (9:29 per mile), three miles at medium pace (8:09 per mile), and one final mile at the easy pace. If I want to live through the marathon —…
Pasadena Marathon
Get this straight… I do not want to run the 2008 Pasadena Marathon. But I have a problem: peer pressure from Ryan and Hope … and a detailed, sensible, well-thought-out five-month training schedule put together by Eric and Jeff have me almost convinced that I will run it. Week #1 of the training schedule starts…